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On Equal Pay Day, U. S. Rep. Castor Calls For Female Athletes To Be Paid On Par With Male Counterparts
Wednesday (April 3rd) on Equal Pay Day, U. S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) intro- duced a resolution to the U. S. House calling for female ath- letes to be paid on par with their male counterparts. The resolution also calls for organ- izers of world class competi- tions to actively take part in combating the wage gap.
“Today on Equal Pay Day, we must recommit ourselves to fully and finally securing fair- ness, equality and economic justice for women,” U. S. Rep. Castor said. “Pay discrimina- tion persists in all types of
U. S. REP. KATHY CASTOR
workplaces, even in athletic settings for our female ath- letes: despite continuing to break attendance and viewer- ship records and many times
generating more revenue than the U. S. Men’s National Soc- cer Team, the U. S. Women’s National Soccer Team has faced an outsized wage and treatment gap compared to their male counterparts. This and any kind of inequitable treatment is wrong and I am proud of the U. S. Women’s National Soccer Team for re- cently standing up for pay eq- uity when they filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Fed- eration. The U. S. Women’s National Soccer Team athletes serve as courageous role mod- els for pay equity and equal treatment.”
U. S. Reps. Rosa De- Lauro (CT3), Rick Larsen (WA2) and Debbie Wasser- man Schultz (FL23) are orig- inal cosponsors of U. S. Rep. Castor’s resolution.
Equal Pay Day symbolizes the date into the year when women’s wages finally catch up to what similarly situated men were paid in the previous year. Hardworking Florida women earn only 87 cents for every dollar earned by a man – amounting to a median annual wage gap of $5,501. This in- equity impacts lifetime earn- ings and retirement savings.
U. S. Rep. Castor serves as a co-chair of the Congres- sional Soccer Caucus and has been a longtime proponent of equal rights for the nation’s fe- male athletes.
Recommendations For The City Of Tampa Municipal Election Runoff April 23rd
Mayor
David Straz
City Council District 1
Walter Smith, II
City Council District 3
John Dingfelder
City Council District 5
Jeffrey Rhodes
Florida Democrats Hire Young People Of Color To Win 2020: Be Blu Baby! Ser Bebé Bzul!
GIRLS ORGANIZING CORPS.
Florida Democrats will in- vest millions in the future of the Sunshine State by engaging its diverse youth looking for change. The goal is to train col- lege students to deliver victory to Floridians. The party’s plans to recruit student organizers is just one piece of the larger plan, for victory in 2020. The Florida Democratic Party also said it will spend $2 million on voter registration, commit to registering 200,000 voters, and working with Andrew Gillum and partner organiza- tions to increase voter registra- tion by a million voters.
Organizing Corps will pay and train students to create a pathway to victory in Florida by creating a new electoral voter registration, and out-
reach that will change Florida. Juan Penalosa, Execu- tive Director of the Florida Democratic Party, and an advi- sory board member of the OrgCorps 2020, called the or- ganizing program “crucial in turning Florida Blue in 2020.” Corps members will be flown to Chicago for a week of train- ing with national experts, and then return to Florida to take part in an 8-week program while receiving a $4,000
stipend.
Students must be Juniors
to apply at https://www.orga- nizingcorps2020.com by the April 8 deadline.
According to Penalosa, “Florida Democrats saw record youth involvement and turnout in 2018, and the FDP Organiz- ing Corps will allow us to build on youth outreach and engage- ment. It is key to expanding our base and ensure that Florida Democrats have a strong field program ready to support our presidential nom- inee on day one."
Organizing Corps 2020 is a national program led by the Democratic National Commit- tee (DNC). Groups working on the project include the Human Rights Campaign, Victory Fund, Disability Action for America, Asian American Ac- tion Fund, and Pay Our In- terns.
The party wants to engage communities of color, and the LGBTQ community, because they are the face of the future. The Florida program seeks to recruit college students who re- side in or around Fort Laud- erdale, Miami, Orlando and Tampa.
The national program will also have students working in Phoenix, AZ, Atlanta, GA, De- troit, MI, Charlotte, NC, Fayet- teville, NC, Philadelphia, PA, and Milwaukee, WI.
Be Blu Baby!
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